Sessions

Session 01

Awakening of Heart Intelligence & Global SuperCoherence

2.5 Hours: from 7.30 AM AWST (9.30 AM AEST) [ FRI. 4.30pm PDT ]

Denis McCarthy (welcome): founder Gaiarcadia Academy, Fellow APS College of Clinical Psychologists  •  • Prof. Rollin McCraty : executive VP and director of research at HeartMath Institute, member of the Global Coherence Steering committee and project coordinator of GCI’s Global Coherence Monitoring System • Dr Deborah Rozman : Psychologist, founding executive director of HeartMath Institute • Dr Peter Russel : Author, Global Brain Inc., board of Institute of Noetic Science • Sasha Ivanovich : Architect, United States of Well-being (USWB) founding director • Kinzang Dorji : Bhutan, Buddhist ecologist, USWB teacher.

In this 2 hour webinar* distinguished meditation teachers ( bios at gaiarcadia.org/summit/speakers / ) share and discuss the importance of the awakening of heart intelligence, its relationship to the global brain and the future of humanity. This session, very aptly the first of the 2 day event, concludes with a 45 minute panel discussion.

Humanity has reached a pivotal point where we see the death throes of an old, mechanistic, egocentric Earth-harming paradigm amidst the rise of a new, creative, ecocentric Earth-healing, regenerative paradigm grounded in holistic science and loving-kindness.

“It’s in the heart that we access the core qualities of love, compassion, care, kindness, forgiveness and appreciation that lift us above separation, judgment and blame. Through intentionally demonstrating these heart qualities in our lives, we have a unique opportunity to continue an awakening of our heart’s natural, compassionate care and desire to create the future together in harmony..” – Doc Childre, Founder of HeartMath.

This session begins with a 3-minute guided mediation by Dr Deborah Rosman. Catherine Francis & Dr. Rollin McCraty – Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute since 1991 will discuss the science of heart intelligence and how it helps us integrate our physical, mental and emotional systems into balanced alignment with the heart’s intuitive guidance for the well-being of ourselves, others and Planet Earth. Rollin will discuss the HeartMath Institute’s Global Coherence Initiative which aims to raise global consciousness and recognize “Love” as the new transformational intelligence. Catherine will share her experience as a HeartMath Training in AU.

Robyn Collins & Dr Peter Russell – Director of Science and NonDuality – will discuss how meditation and spirituality can help us respond well to these challenging times, while Sasha Ivanovich, founder of United States of Well-being and Kinzang Dorji will speak on the role Buddhist teachings play in human happiness, well-being and in humanity’s future thriving. *Part of the free registration 2 day online event: five 2 hour sessions per day.

Session 03

Regen Agriculture: Retrofitting Permaculture

2.5 Hours: from 1.00 PM AWST ( 3.00 PM AEST ) [ 5.00 AM UTC ]

Dr Daniel Rodary (6:00 AM Belgium): ecologist, Biomimicry Europa, Deep Adaptation (South India) • Robyn Francis : Director Permaculture College Australia Inc, recipient 1985 Permaculture Community Service Award • Simon Fjell (Manila, PH): Permaculture Institute International founding Co-Director, Ome.eco • Darren Doherty : originator Regrarians Platform® process • David Holmgren : author, co-creator of Permaculture • Helena Norberg-Hodge : film producer including world acclaimed documentary ‘The Economics of Happiness’

In this 2.5 hour webinar* world leaders ( bios at gaiarcadia.org/summit/speakers / ) in permaculture (PC), regen agriculture, regrarianism, agro-forestry, city farm coops, sustainable living share and discuss our current ecological metacrisis, eco-collapse, degrowth and ways to adapt, thrive and create the urgently needed eco-civilizations of the Gaianthropocene. The webinar concludes with a 45-minute panel discussion.

Since Bill Mollison & David Holmgren co-created permaculture in the mid-70s innovation in PC has continuued. In 2018 David published a 592 page manual Retrosuburbia : The Downshifter’s Guide to a Resilient Future . In 2020 Darren Doherty published The Regrarians Handbook Update which was illustrated & edited by Andrew Jeeves who’d also worked on Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual (1988) including its outstanding cover. Regrarians draw upon permaculture and take it to a new level. Similarly PC social entrepreneur Simon Fjell has led innovations adapted to the needs of jungle dwellers, indigenous and poor people in developing countries.

We’ll discover what’s to be learnt from past innovations and what’s needed to adapt to immediate and future eco-permaculture-regen challenges. When is it appropriate to retrofit permaculture and if so how? Signs of ecological and social collpase are appearing. Some scientists warn it could or will worsen. How should we respond?

Don’t miss this lively, informative and inspiring webinar with outstanding speakers.

This free event is co-sponsored by SEDTalks.com and by the free subscription Whole Life Times: e-journal of Holistic Health & Sustainable Living to promote its “Leaders in Sustainability” regular feature. See https://wholelifetimes.org/current-issue/ for samples. * Part of the free 2 day online event. Register at https://gaiarcadia.org/summit/registration/

Session 05

Humanity’s Great Upshift

2.5 Hours: from 7.00 PM AWST ( 9.00 PM AEST ) [ 11.00 AM UTC ]

Prof. Ervin Laszlo : philosopher, systems scientist, author, co-author or editor of 106 different books (2023 The Great Upshift), he has written over 400 articles and research papers. president of the international think tank The Club of Budapest and of the prestigious The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research. The recipient of various honors and awards, including Honorary Ph. D.s from the United States, Canada, Finland, and Hungary, Laszlo received the Goi Award, the Japan Peace Prize in 2001, the Assisi Mandir of Peace Prize in 2006, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and 2005. • Dr Anneloes Smitsman : futurist, entrepreneur, game architect, global catalyst for thrivability, co-founder & CEO – EARTHwise Ventures & founder & CEO – EARTHwise Centre | co-author with Dr. Jean Houston of the #1 Bestsellers “ The Quest of Rose” and “ Return of the Avatars” , the first two books of the Future Humans Trilogy. She is the co-editor and co-author with Dr. Alexander Laszlo of “ The New Paradigm in Politics” • Dr Jude Currivan : cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, co-founder – WholeWorld-View, member – Evolutionary Leaders Circle,  author of “CosMos – a co-creator’s guide to the whole-world” co-authored with Dr Ervin Laszlo”. Her latest books are “The Cosmic Hologram- In-formation at the Center of Creation” (2017), “The Story of GAIA: The Big Breath and the Evolutionary Journey of our Conscious Planet” (2022), which won a gold Nautilus  Book Award;  • Dr Anne-Marie Voorhoeve : founder – The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence; co-founder – Living Cities , board member – One Humanity • Sasha Ivanovich : Architect, United States of Well-being (USWB) founding director.

Listen to four outstanding thinkers ( bios at gaiarcadia.org/summit/speakers/ ) speak on how they are contributing to the long overdue, now emerging global transformation, as outlined in the widely acclaimed 2023 book The Great Upshift: Humanity’s Coming Advance Toward Peace and Harmony on the Planet , which is co-edited by Ervin Laszlo & in which 35 of the world’s leading thinkers map a path forward beyond today’s crisis- and conflict-prone world to a higher stage of our evolution. Two chapter contributors, Anneloes & Jude, join with Prof. Ervin Laszlo and Anne-Marie Voorhoeve to further explore, inspire and update us through their individual presentations and the panel discussion.

Sponsored by Whole Life Times. F ree subscription at wholelifetimes.org/subscribe/

*Part of the free registration 2 day online event: five 2.0+ hour sessions per day. Register for this 2.5 hour webinar at https://gaiarcadia.org/summit/registration/

Session 07

AI for World Peace & Plenty

2.0 Hours: from 12:00 PM AWST ( 2:00 PM AEST ) [ 4.00 AM UTC ]

– A WiseMirror.org Project: Anuraj Gambhir : forward-thinking techprenuer, founder WiseMirror.org, adviser to HeartMath Australia, speaker (including Superhuman Summit: Science & Spirituality) • Yeliz Ruzgar (7.00 am Turkey): co-founder – powercoaching.us, author “ Mana -Ruhun DNA: Life Purpose & Wellness” • Thomas Poetter : founder Compris Technologies AG, consultant IT Architecture (AI, Big Data, Deep Learning, etc) • Stephen Altair : director – Raising Our Vibration altairlove.com, cofounder – The Wisdom Path Project • George Spiliopoulos : co-founder – WiseMirror, AI, general AI & super AI  • Dr Bettina von Stamm (5.00 am CET): innovation thought leader, founder – Innovation Leadership Forum

I n this 2.0-hour webinar* some of the WiseMirror AI Leaders ( bios at gaiarcadia.org/summit/speakers / ) will entertain, inspire and inform you about this exciting new frontier of human evolution. They’ll also share and explore visions of things yet to come.

“AI has already done so many great good things in terms of solving health care issues, finding cures for cancer, for reducing or doing a lot of mundane tasks and helping us evolve into much better, super intelligent beings. We’re on that journey already. In Wise Mirror our focus is on how we make it a conscious, mindful, wise AI.” – Anuraj Gambhir

“Delve deep into the extraordinary transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to foster peace and harmony on Earth. The six speakers will share visionary insights and innovative strategies on leveraging AI for creating a more peaceful world, revolutionizing conflict resolution and fostering sustainable development. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this movement for change!” – ChatGPT

This free event is sponsored by Gaiarcadia Academy and by the free subscription Whole Life Times : e-journal of Holistic Health & Sustainable Living . See https://wholelifetimes.org/current-issue/ for samples.

*Part of the free registration 2 day online event: five 2 hour sessions per day. Register at https://gaiarcadia.org/summit/registration/

Session 09

Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: How It Can Help Us Heal

2.0 Hours: from 4:30 PM AWST (6.30 PM AEST) [ 8:30 AM UTC ]

Professor David Nutt : head – Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College, London, Faculty of Medicine , Department of Brain Sciences • Dr Eli Kotler : Consultant Psychiatrist , founding member – Melbourne Neuropsychoanalytic Group, Director – Mind Medicine Australia’s Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies • Tania de Jong : Executive Director, co-founder and Deputy Chair – Mind Medicine Australia • Peter Hunt : philanthropist, Chair – Mind Medicine Australia mindmedicineaustralia.org.au/tag/peter-hunt/

From July 1 2023 psychiatrists who are Approved Prescribers (AP) for psilocybin and MDMA can prescribe these substances as part of therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression (psilocybin) and treatment resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (MDMA). As the first nation in the World to reschedule these medicines for medical purposes, Australia is now a global leader in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT) of mental illness.

In this 2 hour webinar the speakers ( bios at gaiarcadia.org/summit/speakers / ) will explain how psychedelics can help us heal. They will share what psychedelics teach us about our brain, consciousness, the nature of reality, the implications of current research and what treatment applications are anticipated. The webinar will conclude with a 20 minute panel discussion.